Lilac Wine
Lavender, a cognac accord and dry cedarwood form a classic frame, threaded with plum and powdery violet before musk and oakmoss.
Perfumer: Frank Voelkl
Written by James Shelton in 1949, the song is about reaching for an intoxicating haze when love drifts away. Frank Voelkl took Jeff Buckley's fragile, suspended 1994 recording on Grace as his point of departure.
The frame is classic, the kind of composure you might associate with a late jazz club. Aromatic lavender and slightly hazy clary sage meet a cognac accord with the roundness of aged spirit, while dry cedarwood keeps the whole from sliding into sweetness.
Through that frame runs something more contemporary: velvety plum and powdery violet. The fruit's density and the flower's soft powder take the edge off the liquor, and the scent finally settles into musk and oakmoss, a quiet, shaded finish.
